New Yorkers approve 63 - 30 percent of the way Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is
handling crime. Voters also approve 54 - 34 of the job police are doing citywide and
68 - 23 percent of the job police in their community are doing.

In most cases, however, there is a wide disparity between white and black
voters. For example, white voters approve of the job police are doing citywide 72 - 20
percent, while black voters disapprove 57 - 29 percent.

"More than half of all New Yorkers feel the police are doing a good job. And
two-thirds of all New Yorkers, including 49 percent of black voters, say the cops they
know - the cops in their community -- are doing a good job," said Maurice Carroll,
director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"Black, white and Hispanic, New Yorkers feel safe in their neighborhoods day
or night. But by a substantial majority, voters feel that police practice racial profiling.

"Almost half of black voters feel they've been stopped by police because of their
race," Carroll added.

A total of 94 percent of New Yorkers feel "very safe" or "somewhat safe" in
their neighborhood during the day and 80 percent feel "very safe" or "somewhat safe"
in their neighborhood at night.

But 41 percent of New York voters say police brutality is a "very serious
problem," while 37 percent say it is "somewhat serious;" 14 percent say it is "not very
serious," and 5 percent say it is "not a problem at all."

And 48 percent of black voters say they personally worry about being a victim
of police brutality.

From April 23 - 30, Quinnipiac University surveyed 917 New York City
registered voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percent.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, conducts public
opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as a public service and for
research.

For additional data -- www.quinnipiac.edu or call (203) 582-5201

17. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mayor Giuliani is handling
crime?

Tot Rep Dem Ind Wht Blk Hisp Men Wom

Approve 63% 93% 53% 72% 77% 36% 63% 72% 56%

Disapprove 30 7 37 22 18 53 29 22 36

DK/NA 7 - 9 6 5 11 8 6 8

18. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bernard Kerik is handling
his job as Police Commissioner?

Tot Rep Dem Ind Wht Blk Hisp Men Wom

Approve 46% 68% 42% 45% 54% 32% 44% 53% 41%

Disapprove 21 6 27 17 12 36 25 19 23

DK/NA 33 26 31 38 35 32 31 28 36

19. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the New York City police are
doing their job?

Tot Rep Dem Ind Wht Blk Hisp Men Wom

Approve 54% 84% 45% 62% 72% 29% 43% 62% 49%

Disapprove 34 12 42 29 20 57 45 31 37

DK/NA 11 4 13 8 9 14 12 7 14

20. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the police in your community
are doing their job?

Tot Rep Dem Ind Wht Blk Hisp Men Wom

Approve 68% 86% 62% 75% 81% 49% 61% 72% 65%

Disapprove 23 11 28 18 12 41 30 22 25

DK/NA 8 3 10 7 7 10 9 6 10

21. Is being the victim of a crime something you personally worry about
or not?

Tot Rep Dem Ind Wht Blk Hisp Men Wom

Yes 47% 40% 52% 44% 40% 54% 57% 39% 53%

No 53 60 48 56 60 46 43 61 47

DK/NA - - - - - - - - -

22. How safe do you feel walking around your neighborhood in the daytime?
Very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, or very unsafe?